Comments on: Kevin Kelly: Why pencils? (ii).

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:06:00 +0000

That’s not quite true:
http://pencilrevolution.com/2005/12/russian-space-pen.html
The Cosmonauts use space pens too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:21:00 +0000

I like the story about the pen that was designed to write in zero-gravity environment. They spend millions on developing this tool for the American astronauts.

The Russian space agency’s writing device was so much cheaper.

It was a pencil!

Sometimes the answer is right in front of you and so simple (and cheap)

By: Slywy

Slywy — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:27:00 +0000

Does anyone talk about their favourite portable sharpeners (I like the Staedtlersâ€”one- and two-holed).

By: Rohit Talwar

Rohit Talwar — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:21:00 +0000

trust me ilove pencils…….. i want those brown french pencils.. I LOVE THEM. wish they were easily available :(

By: Dorai

Dorai — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:16:00 +0000

Actually, this encomium to the pencil is from Kirk McElhearn, author of many books on the Mac OS. Kelly's site just quotes it (with credit). McElhearn's site also has his "musings" on many other things that Mac users may find instructive.